Butter cutter and measurer.



PATENTED OCT. 24, 1905.

G. ERIGSON. BUTTER GUTTER AND MEASURER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application i'lled April 11, 1905. Serial No. 254,908.

To tI/Z) whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GOTTERID ERIosoN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York,

' have invented a new and Improved Butter Cutter and Measurer, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to a novel means for cutting' ont from a largermass of butter a print or regularly-formed block and for simultaneouslyweighing or measuring the same.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, which illustratethe preferred embodiment of my invention, in which drawings likecharacters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a side view with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is an endview, also with parts broken away; and Fig. 3 is a partly-sectionaldetail view of a modified vform of the invention.

10 indicates a rectangular box which is open at the end 11 to permit itbeing pushed into a mass of butter, so that a quantity of butter will bereceived within the box.

14 indicates a follower which is movable toward and from the open end ofthe box. The follower has a stem 15 attached thereto, which slidesfreely through a sleeve 16, projecting from the closed end of the boxopposite the open end 11.

17 indicates a spring which tends to push the follower 14 outward towardthe open end of the box, the follower moving back toward the opposite orclosed end as the butter enters the box.

rlhe sleeve 16 is extended beyond the box and has a transverse portion18 forming a handle, the end of the sleeve being open for the purposewhich will hereinafter appear. Said sleeve is formed with a slot 19, andthrough this slot projects the shank of the handle 20, by which thefollower 111 is manually operated. Thestem 15 of the follower 14C has aslot 21 therein, through which the shank of the handle 2O looselyprojects, and within the hollow stem 15 is located a nut 22, which isattached to the handle. Operating in the nut is a screw 23, said screwbeing revolubly held in a bearing 24, secured within the stem 15. rlheupper end of the screw 23 is angular, so as to permit engagingasocketwrench therewith, and said wrench may be inserted through theopen end of the sleeve 16. It will be observed that by operating thescrew 23 the 4position of the handle 2O with respect to the stem 15, andconsequently to the follower 14:, may be regulated. The sleeve 16 has aflange 25 formed thereon, and this flange is orificed to receive a stop26. The stop 26 is held in inactive position by means of a spring 27.The stop 26 may be manually pushed `in, so as to lie on the shank of thehandle 20, so as to limit the inward movement of the follower. Uponinserting the box 10 into a mass of butter the butter entering the boxwill push the follower 14 back. rlhis backward movement will continue ifthe stop 26 is left inactive until the handle strikes the outerextremity of the slot 19. According to the present embodiment of myinvention the parts will be so proportioned that when this takes placeexactly one pound of butter will haveentered the box By operating thescrew 23 the parts may be adjusted so as to account for any irregularityin this action. By pushing the stop 26 inward into the path of thehandle 2O the handle willbe stopped when one-half pound or any fractionof a pound has been received in the box.

Located at each side of the box 10 is an arm 28. These arms are formedwith slots 29, which receive pivots mounting the arms on the box. Thesepivots comprise internallythreaded headed tubes 30, projecting throughthe openings in the box 10 and receiving headed screws 31. The screws 31form with the tubes 30 the pivots mounting the arms, and the heads ofthe screws cover the slots 29 in the arms, so as to give the device asmooth exterior form and prevent the entry of butter into the slots. Thearms 28 have pins 32 attached thereto, and these pins run in slots 33,formed in flanges 3&1, attached to the box. The slots 33 and pins 32serve to give the arms 28 a sliding movement simultaneously with therocking movement, so as to cause the outer ends of the arms to move truealong the front edges of the box at the open end 11 thereof. Stretchedacross between the front ends of the arms 28 is a outting-wire 35. Thiswire is extended up the sides of the arms 28 and is provided with adevice 36 for connecting the wire to the arms and also for adjusting thetension thereof. Projecting from the arms 28 are lugs 37, which arejoined to a handle 38, by means of which the arms may be operated.

In the operation of the device the handle 38 IOO IIO

is thrown to the position shown in Fig. 2, thus placing the wire 35 atone side of the box 10. The open end of the box is then forced into themass of butter until the movement of the follower 14 is arrested eitherby the end wall of the slot 19 or the stop 26, as the case may be. Vhenthis takes place, the desired amount of butter will have been receivedwithin the box, after which it is only necessary to swing the handle 38so as to sweep the cutting-wire 35 across the open end of the box, thuscutting off the butter which has been received within the saine. Thisbutter may subsequently be ejected from the box by pressing in thehandle 18, soas to move the follower back to the open end of the box.Fig. 3 indicates a modification of the invention in which thecutting-wire 35 is held at one end by a pin 39. This pin 39 has attachedthereto a head 40 with ratchet teeth 40 thereon. The pin 39 fits looselyin a sleeve 41, which is mounted loosely in the slot 33 of one of theflanges 34. l Said sleeve 4:1 is fastened to the arni 28. 42 indicates aspring which presses the pin 39, so as to hold the head et() `with itsratchet-teeth 40 engaged with corresponding teeth formed on the sleevelf1. This device serves the double function of guiding the sliding'movement of the arms 28 and of adjustably holding the cutting-wire 35.By operating' the head 40 and pin 39 the tension of the wire may beregulated at will. Having' thus described the preferred form of ,myinvention, what T claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a butter-cutting device, the combination of a box having an openend, a follower in the box, a sleeve attached to the box, a stemattached to the follower and sliding in the sleeve, the said sleevehaving aslot therein, a handle fitting loosely in the slot, a nutattached to the handle, and a screw mounted on the stem and coactingwith the nut, for the purpose specified.

2. In a butter-cutting device, the combination of a box having an openend, a follower arranged to move in the box, a sleeve attached to thebox and having a slot therein, a stem attached to the follower andmovable through the sleeve, a nut located within the stein, a screwmounted on the stem and coacting with the riut, for the purposespecified, the stem having a slot therein adjacent to the nut, and ahandle attached to the nut and projecting through the slots in the sternand in the sleeve.

3. A butter-cutting device comprising the combination of a box having anopen end, an arm arranged to swing on the box, a cutting device carriedby the arm, a sleeve attached to said arm, a member attached to the boxand having a cam-slot therein in which the sleeve is loosely fitted, apin arranged to turn in the sleeve and connected with the cutting deviceto adjust the same, a head attached to the pin and adapted to engage thesleeve, and means for yieldingly pressing the said head into engagementwith the sleeve.

1n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GOTTFRTD ERTGSON.

WVitnesses:

ISAAC B. OWENS, JN0. M. RITTER.

